Today, I managed to prepare these out of healthy greens. :)

Karuveppilai Podi (Curry leaves powder)

Curry leaves have a lot of medicinal properties. It is rich in calcium and has vitamin A also. Oil made from curry leaves is said to prevent hair fall and delay hair greying. Curry leaves powder can be stored for a month and can be used when needed. Nothing can beat the fresh flavor of homemade curry leaves powder. Hot steamed rice with curry leaves powder and a tsp of ghee is heavenly.

Kothamalli Thogayal (Cilantro paste)

Cilantro paste is a healthy, nutritious, iron and fiber rich recipe and the most important thing is it has the property to increase appetite. So this is a good choice of recipe for growing kids to increase their appetite naturally. Cilantro paste is one easy, spicy, tangy, tasty and healthy versatile dip/chutney that you can use with rice, rotis, dosa, idly, Adai, curd rice or any variety rice, sandwich spread etc. This stays fresh and good in room temperature for up to a week and is a perfect side dish to pack for a trip also. 

Thursday's experience.

Today was one of those really hectic days at work. Though I regularly visit his temple every Thursday, I couldn't follow that in Bangalore today. I could do only my daily prayers. 

In the late evening I had to go out as I had promised to rectify my dad's phone. The store person told me to go to the Service centre which to my surprise was just bang near the temple. 

So, I finally managed to visit the temple, had a wonderful Darshan and continued with my other things.

All you need to do is think of Him and He will take care of the rest....something I strongly believe in....thus my auspicious Thursday's experience.

Today....an Experience....

This evening, as usual my husband and myself had gone to pick up our son from his classes. I was busy looking at Facebook from my phone and when we reached a hotel to eat, I was called by some stranger. He seemed to be an elderly person and looked very respectful, he was actually leaving (taking his car out). He started a pleasant conversation and all of a sudden asked me to show my palm. When I did so, he told me that I am very compassionate towards humans, animals and birds...etc...Then my son joined me and he immediately told he looks to be very talented in art. He asked to see my son's backside of the palm and told he has artistic fingers. He enquired what was his ambition and when my son said he wanted to be a doctor, he suggested to become a surgeon and told him that such ambitions come for him because of his mother...Further, my husband finally joined us after parking the car, wondering what was happening, when he was told that he is a lucky one and had a conversation with him too. 

Then he left immediately without talking anything about himself. All the three of us were standing there surprised. Sometimes, I wonder from where these people come and why they hold such conversations...when we have never seen this person ever before...Today was an experience and wanted to share....

This weekend...

This weekend was a real hit with severe dehydration due to some stomach bug or something. I had lost lot of fluids since nothing was staying inside me even with medications. Finally, the ones that really helped me were these:

Idli also romanized idly or iddly, plural idlis, is a traditional breakfast in south Indian households. Idli is a savory cake of South India that is most popular throughout the southern part of India including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka. The cakes are usually two to three inches in diameter and are made by steaming a batter consisting of fermented black lentils (de-husked) and rice. The fermentation process breaks down the starches so that they are more readily metabolized by the body.

Along with my ever favourite:

Yogurt or yoghurt or yoghourt (/ˈjoʊɡərt/ or /ˈjɒɡərt/; from Turkish: yoğurt; other spellings listed below) is a fermented milk product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as "yogurt cultures". Fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and its characteristic tang.^[1]

Dairy yogurt is produced using a culture Dairy of Lactobacillusdelbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus bacteria. In addition, otherlactobacilli and bifidobacteria are also sometimes added during or after culturing yogurt.